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New Year

Tips for Setting Goals in the New Year

January 2, 2023 by Cornelia Leave a Comment

New year resolution - California Germans

A new year has started and I am sure I am not the only one thinking about new year’s resolutions. Too often, however, we don’t spend enough time thinking through what we really want to accomplish or change in this new year and our new year resolutions end up being quite lofty and vague. A better way to see our new year’s resolutions come to fruition might be by setting clear goals.

Setting goals at the start of a new year can be a helpful way to reflect on the past year and think about what we want to achieve in the year ahead. Here are some steps that might help you to set your goals at the start of 2023:

  1. Reflect on the past year: Take some time to think about what you accomplished in 2022 and what you could have done differently. This can help you gain perspective and identify areas for improvement.
  2. Identify your values: Consider what is most important to you and how you want to prioritize your time and energy. Your goals should align with your values.
  3. Set SMART goals: Make sure your goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and have a timeline. This will help you stay focused and motivated.
  4. Make a plan: Break your goals down into smaller, actionable steps and create a plan for how you will achieve them.
  5. Be realistic: It’s important to be realistic when setting goals. Don’t set goals that are too ambitious or unattainable, as this can lead to frustration and disappointment.
  6. Review and adjust your goals: Make sure to periodically review and adjust your goals as needed. Things may change throughout the year and it’s important to be flexible and adaptable.

We wish you a healthy and happy 2023!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Germans in California, New Year, New year resolution

Happy New Year! Happy 2019!

December 31, 2018 by Cornelia 1 Comment

fireworks-235813_1920.jpgDear CaliforniaGermans Community!

As we ringing in the new year we wanted to take a moment and thank you , our reader, for your loyalty throughout the year 2018.

We hope you found our articles interesting and entertaining, and ​hope that you ​will be part of our CaliforniaGermans community also in 2019.

What A Year!
​2018 was an exciting year for us. Early in the year, we adopted a new look for our website. ​Hopefully, you’ve enjoy​ed our new layout ​as much as we have and you find it ​much easier now to navigate​​ our site.

In 2018 we​ also​ started our new XPAT ​S​potlight ​I​nterview ​Series, in which we bring you a new interview with a fellow German​-​speaking expat every last Friday of the month. You can read up on the past ones right here.

If you know someone​,​ who you think ​would be a great fit for our XPAT Spotlight, ​please ​let us know! 

​On this last day of 2018, we also want to acknowledge and thank all our sponsors.

Thank you, ​PhoenixClub Anaheim, GASA-German American School Association, ​German Pacific School San Diego, and German School Campus Newport Beach for supporting CaliforniaGermans by advertising with us!

A special thank you goes to ​PKorn Law – GermanAmericanLawyer​, o​ur new special leaderboard advertiser.

Please check out our ​cool ​sponsors, if you look for help with ​either ​your legal matters here in California​, or want to learn German, or would like to hang out with fellow German speakers and enjoy some good old German food! 

​Did You Know about our CaliforniaGermans Job Board​?

​As we leave 2018 behind we wanted to remind you that you can post your job openings for free on the Job Board on our website. You are good-to-go if the job is in any way related to ‘Anything German’, like involving the German language, German speakers, German/Austrian/Swiss businesses in California, etc.  

​Let us Showcase You! Write for us in 2019!​

​Lastly, we are always looking for people, who love to write and who would like to share their expat experience, expertise and California adventures with us ​and CaliforniaGermans. If you feel that’s you, please contact us! 

We look forward to seeing you in 2019!

Happy New Year!

Your CaliforniaGermans Team

Filed Under: Editorial, News Tagged With: Happy New Year, New Year

Die Uhr – The Clock (A Poem)

December 30, 2018 by Cornelia 4 Comments

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Die Uhr

(Ein Gedicht von Samantha Sam)

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Kunstvoll geschnitzt das Werk umschließt

Stetes Ticken des Vergehens mahnt

Uraltes Holz die Zeit beschützt

Stumm vom Vergessen verschlungen

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Auf zarte Zeiger sich Perlmutt ergießt

Den Weg des Augenblicks ins Uhrwerk bahnt

Verborgen, vor der Augen Blick geschützt

Unvergänglich im Innern versunken

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Fortwährend das Dasein verfliegt

Das Jetzt den Augenblick verbannt

Nur uraltes Holz seine Bedeutung noch kennt

Gelegenheit im Vergessen entschwunden

 

©Samantha Sam

 

Image: pexels.com


Samantha Sam – grew up in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. She now lives in a little, enchanting town called Lappersdorf by Regensburg.  Since early childhood, she was devoted to writing, which served her well in her later profession as a communications specialist; even though writing there was business related rather than creative.

In her personal life, she has been writing speeches for weddings as well as birthdays of family and friends; speeches, that are still on everyone’s lips years after. Often family and friends encouraged her to devote more time to writing professionally. So, when her daughter left home, ‘the time was ripe’! Her passion for writing made her engage in her first novel, which she is in the process of putting on the finishing touches. She writes under her pen name “Samantha Sam”.

Filed Under: Lese-Ecke, News Tagged With: clock, Deutsche Lese-Ecke, deutsches Gedicht, New Year, poem, Poem in German, Samantha Sam, time, time goes by

Zeit (Ein Gedicht)

December 31, 2017 by Cornelia 1 Comment

ZEIT

(Ein Gedicht von Julia Eichberger)
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Zeit zum Nachdenken.
Zeit für die Lieben.
Zeit für sich.

Zeit zusammen.
Zeit vereint.
Zeit allein.

Zeit vergeht.
Zeit läuft.

Keine Zeit,
die nicht verfliegt.
Drum sei um die Zeit
stets bemüht.

©Julia Eichberger

Image: Pixabay.com

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Happy New Year Wishes To All Our Members and Readers!

We thank you for your loyalty throughout 2017. 

See you in 2018!

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Julia Eichberger,  was born 1987 in Stralsund as the oldest kid out of three and lives now in Brandenburg near Berlin with husband and daughter.

She has enjoyed writing since her childhood. In 2012 her first poem was published by a small publishing house (https://www.sperlingverlag.de/). Several poems followed.

A trained banker, Julia is currently working for an insurance company, but since writing is a passion of hers, she still finds time to write short stories and poems. If you would like to read more of her work, check out her website: www.mach-mal-nen-spruch.de

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Filed Under: Lese-Ecke Tagged With: deutsches Gedicht, end of year, Gedicht, German poem, Julia Eichberger, New Year, poem, time

New Year, New Career?

January 25, 2017 by Anne-Kathrin Leave a Comment

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NEW YEAR, NEW CAREER?

To say life has been a rollercoaster lately would be a total understatement.  These last couple months have been very challenging, and I needed to take a break from writing for a bit, even though I claim it is a kind of therapy for me.  But, as we all know, life happens, and we do have to prioritize certain things.

I usually start to slow down during the winter months for a bit, not being able to be as active as during spring or summer. Piled on top of this was my career situation.  I did start an internship in August, which I unfortunately had to terminate in November.  I had such a great time at Tricoast Worldwide, and it really wasn’t easy to leave.  I learned so much and had wonderful coworkers who made work feel like fun.  I loved the family environment so much more than working for big corporations like I did before.

But, as another saying tells, if one door closes, another one opens, which I did not see at first.  As not many of you might know, I do work as an independent contractor for an app that provides dog walking, boarding, and sitting.  I started doing this job on the side when I was still at Tricoast, but it became my full-time position once I quit.  I am a huge dog lover and have to confess that I was actually a little excited, yet also scared, to take on this career shift.

I personally rather am with animals than sitting at a desk all day, staring at a computer screen.  I also wasn’t ready to start writing applications for PR jobs again, after it took so much effort to eventually land an unpaid position- yeah, no thanks.  I told myself to take it easy over the holidays, and once New Year’s hit, I would feel refreshed and ready to give applying another go.

But you know what? It didn’t happen like that.  Yes, I did take it easy over the holidays and got some much needed rest.  But I wasn’t feeling refreshed and ready to write applications.  All I wanted was to work with dogs.  I know that probably sounds ridiculous to many people, especially in expensive California.

But I am happy.  I am truly happy to have a job that doesn’t feel like a job to me.  It never feels like work for me, and every day is different.  This, I believe, is what your dream job has to feel like.  And, since I have put a couple of these in this post already, here is another smart saying by Mark Twain that sums it up perfectly: “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

I do am aware that I will not be able to perform this job forever.  At the end of each day, I can always feel every muscle in my legs from being on my feet all day.  Also, there are no benefits, and I have to work rain or shine in order to make ends meet. But I see this position as my ground base.

I would love to be able to combine my degree in communications with working with animals at some point.  But I am not stressing out about it at the moment.  I rather enjoy what I do, be able to save up some fundamentals, and then start taking the next step of the career ladder. And also find the time to write more again.

Image: pixabay.com
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Anne-KathrinAnne-Kathrin Schulte, is a contributor for CaliforniaGermans.com. She writes on her personal experience of the American Dream as well as on working as an au pair in CA. She was born and grew up in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she completed her degree as a state-approved Kindergarten teacher. After her au pair engagement in the US and a quick return to Germany she decided to attend university in California and moved back to the United States. She has been living in Southern California since 2011.

If you would like to contact Anne-Kathrin, please send an email to californiagermans(at)gmail.com and place her name in the subject line.

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Filed Under: Life in California, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anne-Kathrin Schulte, career, Expat Stories, New Year, Southern California

Happy New Year – Frohes Neues Jahr

December 31, 2015 by Cornelia Leave a Comment

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Another year is about to end and we are quickly approaching the final countdown. We wanted to thank all of our readers and fellow CaliforniaGermans for their loyalty and support throughout 2015!

We end the year with an excerpt of a poem by Erich Kästner. The following lines are from “Der Dreizehnte Monat” (The Thirteenth Month) the last poem out of the cycle of poems called “Die 13 Monate” (The 13 Months).

We wish you all a healthy, happy and peaceful 2016!

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„Es tickt die Zeit. Das Jahr dreht sich im Kreise.
Und werden kann nur, was schon immer war.
Geduld, mein Herz. Im Kreise geht die Reise.
Und dem Dezember folgt der Januar.“

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(Last stanza of “Der Dreizehnte Monat” part of “Die 13 Monate” by Erich Kästner)

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Filed Under: Culture, Editorial, Lese-Ecke Tagged With: deutsches Gedicht, Erich Kästner, German poem, Happy New Year, Neujahr, New Year

Happy New Year – Welcome 2013 !

January 1, 2013 by Cornelia Leave a Comment

Die Magdalena Neuner Loipe im Wallgau
Die Magdalena Neuner Loipe im Wallgau

Gedicht zum neuen Jahr aus “Mein Lied” von Peter Rosegger

Wünsche zum neuen Jahr

Ein bisschen mehr Friede und weniger Streit
Ein bisschen mehr Güte und weniger Neid
Ein bisschen mehr Liebe und weniger Hass
Ein bisschen mehr Wahrheit – das wäre was

Statt so viel Unrast ein bisschen mehr Ruh
Statt immer nur Ich ein bisschen mehr Du
Statt Angst und Hemmung ein bisschen mehr Mut
Und Kraft zum Handeln – das wäre gut

In Trübsal und Dunkel ein bisschen mehr Licht
Kein quälend Verlangen, ein bisschen Verzicht
Und viel mehr Blumen, solange es geht
Nicht erst an Gräbern – da blühn sie zu spät

Ziel sei der Friede des Herzens
Besseres weiß ich nicht

Peter Rosegger , berühmter Österreicher Heimatdichter, wurde am 31. Juli 1843 in Alpl (Steiermark) geboren, er starb am 26. Juni 1918 in Krieglach.

Peter Rosegger was an Austrian poet from the province of Styria. Rosegger went on to become a most productive poet and author as well as an insightful teacher and visionary. (1843- 1918)

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Photo Credit: Bild BR- Chris Baumann

Filed Under: German Literature & Theater Tagged With: arts, Austrian Poetry, Neujahr, New Year, Peter Rosegger

Impressions Of The Last Day Of The Year 2011

January 1, 2012 by Cornelia Leave a Comment

2011 is almost over. It was a beautiful sunny day down here in Southern California with the fog slowly coming in from the ocean in the afternoon creating some crisp winter atmosphere.

Have a great start into 2012!

Happy New Year !

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Filed Under: Life in California Tagged With: California, California beaches in the winter, Happy New Year, Holidays, Los Angeles, New Year, Southern California, United States

Show Off Your Silverware For The Holidays

December 15, 2011 by Cornelia Leave a Comment

The holidays’ festivities are only a little more than a week away and that’s most often the time when we remember Grandma’s precious silverware that has been stored away in some distant drawer over the year.

Stored silverware often surprises us with some unsightly looks at first. But there is immediate help on hand!  In order for your silverware to shine and be the centerpiece of any festive table, one just needs to follow some simple tricks. [Read more…] about Show Off Your Silverware For The Holidays

Filed Under: LifeStyle Tagged With: Christmas, cleaning of silver, Holidays, New Year, Silver, silver dinnerware, silver flatware, Stainless steel

2011 Rose Parade – Impressions

January 3, 2011 by Cornelia Leave a Comment

The sun was out. Crisp air. Wonderful atmosphere. Fantastic start into the new year 2011 !

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Filed Under: Culture, Life in California, LifeStyle Tagged With: California, Holidays, Marching band, New Year, New Year's Day, Pasadena California, Tournament of Roses Parade

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